by Denise Vega | July 19, 2013 | Novels, Writer Tips & Tools
If you’ve kept up with my blog, you know I’m a big fan of agent Donald Maass and his books on writing. (See “Writer’s Studio: Adding Tension to a Scene” and “Writer’s Studio: Constructing a Scene.”) I recently finished...
by Denise Vega | July 17, 2013 | Writer Tips & Tools
As a Co-Regional Advisor for the Rocky Mountain Chapter of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI), I was part of a big effort to get our Fall Conference up and running. Registration opened on Monday so we are off and running! It got me...
by Denise Vega | July 10, 2013 | Writer Tips & Tools
One of the most common questions writers have when they are just starting to navigate the publishing waters is “Should I get an agent first or try to find an editor interested in my work and then get an agent?” I’ve heard different opinions on the...
by Denise Vega | June 28, 2013 | Writer Tips & Tools
One of the writers in my check in group commented on not making her goals last week and said she spend a good chunk of time thinking about her story and asked, tongue-in-cheek: “Doesn’t that count?” But we all know it does. In our productive,...
by Denise Vega | June 7, 2013 | Picture Books, Writer Tips & Tools
When I was on faculty at the Big Sur in the Rockies Workshop in May, I happened to mention that I started using Scrivener to write my latest novel and how much it has helped keep me organized. One of the writer’s asked if I used it for writing picture books and...
by Denise Vega | May 17, 2013 | Writer Tips & Tools
Many writers say they work better on a deadline, whether it’s a contract deadline, an agent excited about their next book, or a contest. All of those are external forces pushing us to complete a project by a certain time. But what about setting our own...
